When all the wool becomes a stage
RTIST and sheep breeder Orla Barry, sees nothing strange about her unusual two-pronged career. Her exhibition, Breaking Rainbows, at the Crawford Art Gallery, comprises 12 videos with performances by an actor and an actress, who comport themselves on a floor surface covered in sheep’s wool. The wool becomes the stage.
The exhibition, which is challenging and humorous, with peculiar titles given to each video installation, addresses our complex relationship with nature. “The title could be about the fragility of nature or it could just suggest a great image. It’s whatever you think it is once you open your imagination,” says Barry.
